Chapter 22 Chapter 21 Stay away from the strike position
In July, Yukiko's university starts summer vacation.On July 6, double elections were held for the House of Representatives and the Senate.The Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory with 304 seats in the House of Representatives.Ke Yan had an ominous premonition in his heart.
Originally, this double election was unanimously opposed by the opposition parties, and none of the veterans of the Liberal Democratic Party were in favor.It was an election that the Prime Minister insisted on holding based on his personal opinion.Dissolving the House of Representatives now and proposing double elections can bring favorable results to the Liberal Democratic Party and pave the way for the prime minister to be re-elected for a third time.The prime minister's predictions were exactly as expected.
No matter which newspaper, the photo of the Prime Minister snickering "You are fooled" is published.
Katsuhiko believes that among the previous prime ministers, the current prime minister is the least trustworthy.He is always putting on airs to get the world's attention.When he took office, he also publicly stated unscrupulously: "The throne of the prime minister is something I have long been eager to get."
He has great personal ambitions and often tells lies.On the one hand, he said: "What I see with my eyes is not only the Liberal Democratic Party, but all the citizens." On the other hand, he used his own power to launch his own son to compete for the Senate seat, using the national political party as a toy and playing with it in the palm of his hand. superior.
Although he flaunts his support for peace and democracy, he is at heart a belligerent dictator.Why can someone like him lead the Liberal Democratic Party to a big victory and win the highest number of seats since the founding of the party?
It was when the opposition party panicked and the people who lost their critical spirit were deceived by the prime minister's good acting skills to win the applause of the audience.He then proposed amendments to the pacifist constitution and reintroduced the State Secrets Act in Congress.
If the current constitution is amended, Japan will openly be brought under the nuclear umbrella of the United States, and Japan will have to strengthen its confrontational stance with the Soviet Union.Professional writers like Katsuhiko Niina would be suppressed if the state secrets law, which blocks all information harmful to the government, is passed.
While continuing to date Yukiko, Katsuhiko felt creepy footsteps gradually approaching him.
In Katsuhiko's mind, the memory of all the national freedoms being suppressed during the war still lingers.Men and women will be restrained (temporarily detained) just by walking on the street hand in hand, and communication or love between men and women will be suppressed because men must go to the battlefield.English was expelled, and even Japanese and Japanese were not allowed to use it.Even Bu Pai's spinach advertisement was deemed "hostile" and removed.Young people today may not believe that such times ever existed.
In the dark age when nothing in the name of freedom was left except for the place name of Jiyugaoka in Tokyo in all of Japan, Katsuhiko, who was still a boy at that time, left an indelible memory.
Such an era, no matter what, cannot happen again.Although the Japanese at that time should have vowed never to start a war again, but the oath at that time has gradually disappeared for more than 40 years after the war.
Why would Katsuhiko have this thought again now?Because in that era, he absolutely could not meet a girl like Yukiko.Even if they meet, it is impossible for the two to burst out the spark of love.
How can a twenty-one-year-old female college student be able to have a relationship with a fifty-two-year-old in an era when perming hair is considered a luxury, when wearing fancy clothes, sleeves are cut off, and men and women are considered indiscreet? of writers who develop forbidden romances?Perhaps this kind of love affair violates human relations, but state power should not intervene in such matters.
Knowing that there were such dark ages in the past, one understands the benefits of the present age.The prosperity and happiness of Japan today are built on the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
When Katsuhiko is dating Yukiko and his emotions are running high, he sometimes suddenly recalls a dark memory from the war.This incident highlighted the present happiness and made him realize what peace is?
After the election, he and Yukiko dined at the "Ottore Dumiconi" restaurant near Yotsuya train station.
The restaurant is located in a quiet residential area.The foggy plum rains stop and fall from time to time, moistening the whole street, showing a deep charm in the haze.The restaurant is almost full due to its popularity with customers, but it doesn't seem noisy because of it.
The guests at each table looked happy, and their speech was elegant and the atmosphere was soft.Ke Yan and the others had made an appointment in advance, and the waiter led them to the seats near the wall, which felt good.
Ke Yan was originally worried that the distance would be too close to the adjacent table?But after serving the food, I felt that this worry was unnecessary.Because the guests at each table are intoxicated in their own world, as if they are hiding comfortably in the "airtight small cockpit".Although you can hear the conversation of the guests at the next table, you can't hear the content of the conversation.
Although dining in a small and tidy room, each table is independent and has nothing to do with each other; there is no confrontation and no interference with each other.In a harmonious atmosphere, each table can maintain privacy.It can be described as a restaurant with a high cultural atmosphere.
In principle, Katsuhiko doesn't believe in restaurants that are too popular.The waiters in that type of restaurant think that even if they ignore the customers, the customers will come to the door, and proudly do not treat the customers as customers.They firmly believe that the style of their restaurant is correct, and if the guests don't understand, they blatantly despise the guests.
However, although the restaurant "Otel Dumiconi" has a prosperous business, the employees are very innocent, which makes people feel very comfortable.Compared with the skilled but poor attitude employees, although the restaurant's staff are not very experienced, they are innocent and honest, leaving a good impression on the guests.
This evening, Yukiko showed off her beautiful figure in a "Jane Abbey" fuchsia dress.When Ke Yan was full of praise for her clothes, she said: "You bought this for me!"
Ke Yan had already forgotten about it.When he had dinner with Yukiko, he attracted a lot of attention, because Yukiko behaved elegantly and had a generous attitude.That is a natural movement, and it cannot be learned by grinding the gun or forcing yourself.In contrast, Ke Yan didn't care much about dining etiquette.He belongs to the "spontaneity group".
"If it's a fixed rule, I don't make unnecessary resistance, I can only follow it. I think it's easier this way." Yukiko said with a smile.
The so-called etiquette is the norm that fixes the most beautiful and most approachable form.Etiquette, which can be easily followed, explains the living environment of Yukiko who is close to beautiful and elegant things.Yukiko's etiquette and Katsuhiko's lack of rules make the people around them look very uncoordinated.However, in disharmony, they have the same attributes.
"Ah! Peace!" Ke Yan suddenly whispered while eating.
"What are you talking about?" Yukiko asked with an incredulous expression.It seems that Yukiko couldn't understand a keyword that was common in Katsuhiko's time.For their generation, who were born with peace and freedom around them, peace is like water and air.
"If something extraordinary happens, I won't be able to have dinner with you like this."
"Yes!" Yukiko nodded.
However, Ke Yanguang's explanation in this way is not enough to express his deep thinking and desire for peace.
"I said, Yukiko!"
"What's up?"
Yukiko suddenly raised her head and looked at Katsuhiko.The long hair fell messily on the cheeks, making her look even more charming.Each strand of hair is black and beautiful, rather than having a life, it is better to say that it has a personality, which is in harmony with the expression on her face, and it highlights her beauty.
It's not uncommon to have the beautiful hair that appears in a shampoo ad, but it's rare for a woman with thick locks to have a personality in each strand.Yukiko is also very aware of this, combing her hair very carefully.
The era when women can make themselves more feminine is an era of peace.
"I have a strange question for you. What will happen to you if the government suddenly bans women from having long hair?"
"What country would issue such a boring order?"
"During the war, our government forbade women to perm and grow their hair long."
"If the government issues such an order, I will immediately flee the country."
"What are you going to do if the government doesn't let people go abroad?"
"I will resist to the death!" Yukiko said without hesitation.
"Yeah! We don't allow a country that doesn't allow women to dress up."
"If the government really doesn't allow women to make up and dress up, will you fight for me?" Yukiko asked tentatively.
"Of course it will! The Constitution should protect women to maintain a beautiful appearance. I think this is the core of basic human rights, and it should be juxtaposed with freedom of thought, religion, and academics."
What kind of clothing do you wear?What kind of cosmetics do you use?What kind of hairstyle do you have?It is the freedom of women and the basic rights of women.These rights did not become clauses in the constitution, perhaps a loophole in the constitution.
Without these clauses, must it be revised and added?It is not stipulated in the constitution, is it because women's maintenance and pursuit of beauty are not recognized as basic rights?
"However, I don't think it makes sense to enshrine these rights in the constitution," Yukiko said.
"why?"
"Isn't Article 14 of the Constitution guaranteeing gender equality?"
"Well! Under the law, everyone is equal, regardless of race, creed, gender, identity, etc. But I think that protecting the beauty of women must not violate Article 14 of the Constitution!"
"If only women are specifically protected, men will object."
"Men will make suggestions? To protect the beauty of women, why do men raise objections?"
"Now is the time when men also wear makeup. If women's beauty is guaranteed, men will have the same requirements."
"Men wear makeup too?"
"Not only young men, but even men over middle age wear makeup. More and more men go to work after applying foundation on their faces in order to look like a tanned man. You can see the men’s fashion store in Harajuku doing business, and you can see the frenzied scenes of men queuing up to shop on TV.”
"It's unbelievable!"
"It's true!"
"Maybe those men are serious about addressing gender discrimination."
"However, isn't it because of peace that men are able to make such demands seriously?"
"That's right."
Yukiko was a little weaker in this argument.When dessert was served, the waiter brought a dessert plate with various cakes.Yukiko took a bit of each of the snacks on the plate and placed them on her own plate.Katsuhiko took a creamy peach pie.
"Women can't compete with the government." Ke Yan said while tasting the taste of yellow peach and pie.
"To our peace and democracy!" Yukiko said, raising her glass.
"Once there is a state of war, something like democracy is easily trampled on."
"Once a war breaks out, democracy will be lost. The basic principle of democracy is that the people push out representatives to conduct consultations and political openness. However, when the enemy attacks, let the representatives carry out tactical consultations slowly, and the soldiers are not at the gates. If the conclusion is reached, the operation will fail. Moreover, if everything is made public, military secrets will be leaked to the enemy. Therefore, once an extraordinary situation occurs, the country cannot abide by the principles of openness and agreement of democracy.”
"However, even if it is not an emergency, if the government deliberately pretends to be an emergency, it will also bankrupt democracy."
"That's right. So, if ambitious politicians want to monopolize power, they will bring the country into a state of emergency. This is a common trick of politicians."
"It's terrible!"
This kind of topic, generally speaking, is not suitable for discussing with young girls at dinner, but there is no sense of incongruity between the two of them talking about such topics tonight.
After eating, I walked out of the restaurant, and the street was already drizzled.Although this gloomy weather continues every day, Ke Yan does not dislike the rainy season.The streets are hazy with mist and rain, and the lights appear quite blurred among the particles of water droplets.The expressions of the streets and people look very gentle, and all the prickly things are wrapped in a gentle atmosphere in the drizzle.
"I can't bear to part with you tonight." Ke Yan said.
Yukiko immediately replied, "Me too."
"Then where are we going?"
"Would you like to go to 45°?"
Ke Yan thinks that 45° is also good, but the distance is a little farther.He wanted to be alone with Yukiko.So he said, "No, I want to be alone with you."
"Oh!" Yukiko sensed Katsuhiko's intentions, and two red clouds flew over her face.
"Then let's go to Hilton, shall we?"
"Okay! I haven't been there for a long time."
Because Yukiko can reach the state of intercourse through imagination, and through this state, he can feel the deeper flavor of the situation, so the two have not been to the hotel for a long time.
"I think this is good, let's go to the ANA Hotel in Ark Hills!" Ke Yan changed his mind.
"Okay!" Yukiko immediately agreed.
Ark Hills is a tourist attraction in Tokyo built on the border between Roppongi and Akasaka. It is also a fashionable area centered on restaurants, TV stations and halls.The lobby of the ANA Hotel is very spacious, and the lounge is located in the center of the hexagonal shape surrounded by bright columns and no walls. The artificial flowing water in the room adds an outdoor atmosphere to the spacious space.
Since there is no open space, people who like new things gather here, which is a bit noisy.But if the tranquility is restored, it can be regarded as a luxury hotel in downtown Tokyo.Yukiko seems to like it here too.Even though we didn't make an appointment, we got a room.Before entering the room, the two drank after-dinner drinks at the "Da Vinci" bar on the second floor.The interior decoration unified in the color of elm is elegant and quiet, and the closed atmosphere forms a sense of isolation.But there are too many employees.
It doesn't matter when the number of guests is appropriate. If the number of guests is relatively small, it will feel like being watched, which makes people feel uncomfortable.The most important atmosphere in a bar is that the employees are not conspicuous, so that the guests don't know where the employees are, but they will appear when needed.Ke Yan felt that Da Vinci gradually had this kind of atmosphere, and that it was a bar with a good feeling.
With the after-dinner wine in his mouth, Katsuhiko entered the room with Yukiko, and he whispered in her ear: "I want you tonight."
"Oh!" Yukiko showed a surprised expression, "What are you talking about until now!"
"No! Not just imagining, I really want to."
"Have I ever rejected you so far?"
"Actually, I want you to reject me."
"why?"
"I feel like if I have physical contact with you, you will walk away from me."
"Here you go again! Why do you care so much about sex and stuff like that? I feel so sad!"
"This is different for men and women."
"Haven't we already met somewhere beyond the relationship between men and women?"
"It was like that when we met, but when we leave, we may revert to ordinary men and women."
"Please don't talk about this kind of thing again? I think you are a little weird tonight."
Yukiko had a sad face.Standing in front of her was Katsuhiko, whose masculine desire was on the rise. Even if they met in a place beyond the relationship between men and women, the relationship between men and women could not be omitted after all.Without sex, it's just a relationship based on empty love.The so-called "platonic love" is the "empty love" between men and women.Ke Yan laughed at himself about this man's sexual desire.Although he laughed at himself, he couldn't restrain it.Now Yukiko has put him in the hitter's position, and as a man (hitter), of course he doesn't want to be struck out.
If he doesn't strike, there must be other men attacking her.Relying on his male intuition, Ke Yan knew that he had gradually moved away from the strike position.But on the other hand, he hopes to be rejected by her (stay away).
If he is rejected, he will die.As the saying goes: "It's easy to get together and easy to get away." Ke Yan also hopes the same.
Yukiko, who came out of Furong's bath, only wore a bathrobe over her naked skin.Katsuhiko should be very familiar with her naked body.But his heart was beating very fast, as if it was the first time he had seen the crystal-clear and jade-like plump muscles.
Because he and Yukiko have the same mind, the desire has not shrunk, just like when they met each other for the first time.
"Go wash it too!" Yukiko urged Katsuhiko who was looking at him in a daze without showing any trace.
When Katsuhiko came out of the bathroom, all the lights in the room had been turned off, and Yukiko was only seen standing by the window.The swaying hazy light poured in from the gaps in the curtains, rendering the interior like the bottom of the blue water.
When he got close to her, the fragrance of her skin came to his nostrils, and he was fascinated.Her flowing hair, like a living thing, entangled his fingers on her shoulders.Each strand of hair seemed to be in heat, teasing his lust.
There was no need for words at this time, Yukiko was like a beautiful material placed on a chopping board.There is still plenty of time, and the kitchen knife has been carefully sharpened today, so it must be extremely sharp.
Just as Ke Yan was about to swing the kitchen knife down, the phone beside his pillow rang.He didn't want to care about it, but the phone kept ringing, so he had no choice but to pick up the receiver.It turned out to be a wrong call.The soaring arrogance was extinguished like this.
"I don't know who is jealous of us and deliberately came to obstruct us!" Ke Yan felt that the timing of this wrong call was so appropriate (inappropriate), and he always felt that it was not accidental.
"This reminds me that our family also received a strange call the night before." Yukiko recalled.
"Strange call?" Ke Yan couldn't ignore it.
"It was a mysterious phone call about two o'clock in the middle of the night. It said that the two of us were dating."
"What... what?" Ke Yan said in astonishment.
"That call was received by my mother. The other party said that what you are writing now is to use me as the heroine."
"Your mother answered the phone?" Ke Yan felt so desperate that he was almost dizzy.But he quickly cheered up and asked, "Then what did your mother say?"
"My mom seemed surprised too. She seemed to reply that she hadn't read the novel and didn't believe it was true."
"and then?"
"She asked me, is that true?"
"How do you answer?"
"Of course I said, it's just a fictitious plot in the novel!"
"But, your mother probably already knows about the relationship between the two of us?"
"That's the mental preparation you should have when you write this novel. As long as you read the novel, you can know that I am the heroine in the book. You don't know how difficult it is to write a novel in this way, my father Will mom know?"
"Did you guess who made that call?"
"No."
"Called your home at two o'clock in the middle of the night. It should be someone who knows your family quite well. Could it be the man you once dumped, or the man who secretly loved you and couldn't get it, so he felt resentful?"
"It was a woman who called my house."
"female!?"
"Could it be that a woman you dated or a female reader made that unpleasant phone call on purpose."
"Impossible! Apart from you, I haven't dated other women. And readers won't know your phone number?"
Although Katsuhiko deliberately concealed Akemi and Yumi, he thought to himself that they would not do such a thing.Because they didn't even know there was such a character as Yukiko.
"Is it possible that the man you dumped used a woman to make this call." Ke Yan speculated.
"I don't think there are such nasty men! Besides, what kind of woman would accept such an entrustment." Although Yukiko's statement is quite natural, it is not impossible.
"Then what did your parents say?" Of course her mother would tell her father about it.
"My father and mother both read the novel and seemed worried. However, they never seemed to think that it was a fictional plot in the novel."
"Yes, yes! Fact and fiction are different."
"But people who don't understand the situation, when they read that work, don't know what is true and what is fiction. That is the skill of the novel."
"It would be troublesome if you take the novel as fact as it is. However, I will not stop my work because of this unpleasant incident. I still want to continue to write the second and third volumes. department. Because writers rarely have the opportunity to meet the heroines of their books who inspire them.”
If Katsuhiko stayed away from Yukiko because of this incident, then he had to stop.He couldn't describe the twenty-one-year-old Yukiko Kitazawa outside of reality.Even if we can meet her again on the journey of life, she will no longer be the Yukiko in the middle.It is very difficult for a lover like Yukiko to meet the heroine in the work again.
Katsuhiko felt that it would be a pity to lose the once-in-a-lifetime work and heroine under such circumstances.
"What are you talking about! Why must it be interrupted? I hope you will keep writing. Since you want to write this novel, you should be prepared to be known by my parents. We have not caused trouble to anyone. In short, you Just meet me and continue writing novels, why care about other people's gossip."
Yukiko didn't seem to care about the mysterious phone call at all.Although Yukiko didn't take this matter to heart, the emotions that Katsuhiko had cultivated with great difficulty were destroyed again in this way.
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